Face-to-face interview vs. texting

[Garmeon Y.]

Hello all,

My wife and I bought our first property that we're looking to rent out. We've found a candidate we're likely going to rent to, we've done the background/credit check and my wife's communicated extensively with the person via text message. Would it be okay in this instance to forego the face-to-face interview since the prospective tenant is from out-of-state?

Thanks!